Johannes Marmen, violin
Ricky Gore, violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish, viola
Steffan Morris, cello
Formed in 2013 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Marmen Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation for the courage, vitality and vigour of their performances. 2019 marks a year of significant achievements for the Quartet, having won the Grand Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition, where they were also awarded the Haydn and Canadian Commission prizes.
Other honours include first prize at the Royal Overseas League Competition (2018) and prizes at the Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition.
The Marmen Quartet has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, Milton Court (Barbican), Palladium Malmö and Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. Other recent highlights include performances across the UK as part of Music in the Round’s ‘Bridge Scheme’ (2015-17), as well as regular appearances at Wiltshire Music Centre where they are Young Quartet in Association and throughout Sweden. Festival engagements have taken the Quartet to the Hitzacker, Lockenhaus, Edinburgh Fringe, North Norfolk and Lake District summer music festivals.
The 2019/20 season sees its debut at the Berlin Philharmonic, the Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale and the Graffenegg Festival, as well as numerous European tours, including performances in Zurich, Paris, Würzburg and Nuremberg. A little further afield, the Quartet made its debut in Japan in a tour that included performances in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo.
The Marmen Quartet is currently the recipient of the Guildhall School of Music String Quartet Scholarship and is studying in London with Simon Rowland-Jones and John Myerscough (Doric Quartet). The Quartet is also completing a Master of Chamber Music with Oliver Wille at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover. They were mentored by the late Peter Cropper and have received support from the Musicians Company / Concordia Foundation, the Hattori Foundation, Help Musicians and the Royal Philharmonic Society (Albert and Eugenie Frost Prize).
